Soal dan Pembahasan Soal UN Bahasa Inggris SMP/MTs – Jumble Sentence
Soal No 1:
Menyusun kata-kata menjadi paragraph linier.
Disajikan 8 kalimat yang diacak, siswa dapat menentukan susunan kalimat yang
tepat untuk membentuk paragraph atau teks yang padu
sentences into a coherent paragraph or text.
1. The Royal Mint makes the
coins used as money.
2. Newton joined the Royal
Mint in London in 1696.
3. Three years later he
became Master of the Mint and a rich man, but he never married, and he lived
simply.
4. Two years later he was
knighted Sir Isaac Newton by Queen Anne.
5. In 1703 Newton became
president of the Royal Society.
6. He also kept up his
argument with Leibniz.
7. For the rest of his life
he was in charge of the Royal Mint.
8. Newton was now 57 years
old.
9. Isaac Newton died in
London on March 20, 1727, at the age of 85.
B. 2-1-7-8-3-5-6-9-5
C. 2-1-3-8-7-6-5-4-9
D. 2-3-1-7-8-5-6-9-4
Kalimat di atas terdiri atas kalimat-kalimat yang dijelaskan dan kalimat yang
menjelaskan.Bila kita menjodohkan dua-dua antara kalimat yang dijelaskan dan
yang menjelaskan maka susunan jawaban C menjadi yang paling tepat. Selain cara
ini kita juga melihat urutan tahun kejadiannya. Berdasarkan aturan ini maka
pilihan jawaban yang paling benar adalah C.
Soal No 2:
Indikator:
Menyusun kata-kata menjadi paragraph linier.
Disajikan 6 kalimat yang diacak, siswa dapat menentukan susunan kalimat yang tepat untuk membentuk
paragraph atau teks yang padu
2. Arrange the sentences
below into a coherent paragraph.
1. It is estimated that it
has been cut off from the main land for perhaps 80 million years. It is
estimated that it has been cut off from the main land for perhaps 80 million
years.
2. Madagascar is an island
250 miles off the coast of Africa.
3. The island today is a
refuge for many forms of life that have become rare or extinct in other parts
of the world.
4. For example, up to 80
percent of Madagascar’s plant species are unique to the island.
5. In addition, about 46
kinds of birds are found nowhere else.
6. Lemurs, which else where
were unable to compete with their larger primate cousins, the monkeys, continue
to thrive in the isolation of Madagascar.
A. 2-1-3-4-5-6
B. 2-3-1-5-4-6
C. 2-4-5-1-6-3
D. 2-6-4-3-1-5
Pembahasan:
Seperti soal sebelumnya, kalimat di atas terdiri atas kalimat-kalimat yang
dijelaskan dan kalimat yang menjelaskan. Misalnya kalimat nomor 3 itu pasti
yang menjelaskan kalimat nomor 1, bukan kalimat yang lain. Dengan demikian bisa
dipastikan pilihan jawaban soal di atas yang paling benar adalah A.
